Forecast: Record high temperatures may spark a morning thunderstorm over Grand Rapids

MLive file photoClaire Turner and Alayne Wegner joke with each other under an umbrella at Rosa Parks Circle.

GRAND RAPIDS -- St. Patrick's Day was warm and beautiful. Today should be as well if the rain stays away.

The record-breaking temperatures are forecast to continue today and well into the week. The National Weather Service is calling a high near 80 degrees, which would break the record of 75 degrees for March 18 set 108 years ago in 1903.

Today: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10 a.m. Patchy fog before 11 a.m. Otherwise, partly sunny with a high near 80 degrees. Calm south by southwest wind between 7 and 10 mph.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10 p.m. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly clear with a low around 59 degrees.

Monday: Mostly sunny with a high near 81 degrees. Mostly cloudy with a low around 59 degrees overnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny with a high near 81 degrees.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny with a high near 77 degrees.